Nursing
Examine the importance of professional associations in nursing. Choose a professional nursing organization that relates to your specialty area, or a specialty area in which you are interested. provide a detailed overview the organization and its advantages for members. Include the following:
Describe the organization and its significance to nurses in the specialty area. Include its purpose, mission, and vision. Describe the overall benefits, or ""perks,"" of being a member.
Explain why it is important for a nurse in this specialty field to network. Discuss how this organization creates networking opportunities for nurses.
Discuss how the organization keeps its members informed of health care changes and changes to practice that affect the specialty area.
Discuss opportunities for continuing education and professional development.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
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Colon
You are about to perform a rectal examination of an older adult.
What are the steps to examine this patient?
Explain your rationale.
What are some findings you can have while assessing the rectal sphincter?
Describe the differences during the rectal examination of acute prostatitis and benign prostatic hypertrophy.
What findings would expect on physical examination of acute prostatitis and benign prostatic hypertrophy?
Submission Instructions:
Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in proper current APA 7 ed style with support from at least 3 academic sources. THESE references MUST BE BOOKS OR JOURNAL ARTICLES FROM 2017 UP TO NOW, NO websites.
Genitalia
Identify and explain positions other than the lithotomy in which a pelvic examination can be performed.
Why are women at a higher risk of UTI than males?
What would you educate to decrease the risk of UTI?
Summarize the pros and cons of newborn circumcision.
Describe the following signs on a female examination:
Goodell
Hegar’s
McDonald’s
Chadwick
Name the characteristics of the following type of hernias:
Indirect inguinal
Direct inguinal
Femoral
Submission Instructions:
Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in proper current APA style 7 ED with support from at least 3 academic sources. THESE MUST BE BOOKS OR JOURNAL ARTICLES , BOTH PUBLISHED FROM 2017 UP TO NOW AND REFERENCED IN APA 7 ED
Leadership
Compare and contrast the actions associated with leading, managing, and following, giving examples of how each applies to the enhancement of the work team. Do you feel these are fixed positions or are there times when the nurse could move from one position to another (give example)?
Be sure to apply concepts from the readings and research. You must cite (with reference) at least one source: your textbook, scholarly resources, or ATI textbook (no blogs, Wiki, or other school of nursing website) in current APA Style.
Nursing informatics
Choose 4 of the information systems below and
Define and discuss the differences between the various types of information systems and how they are used within healthcare facilities:
Healthcare
information system
Hospital information system
Administrative information system
Nursing information system
Monitoring systems
Order entry systems
Laboratory systems
Radiology systems
Pharmacy application systems
Long-term health information systems
Nursing Research
Discuss the cultural and ethical implications when selecting human subjects.
Use references from scholarly literature to support your posting
GI & Musculoskeletal
This Discussion has 2 parts:
GI
Make a comprehensive list of relevant information to gather when assessing abdominal pain.
How do you assess for masses in the abdomen and how you would document such findings?
Describe your findings on a previous patient that you have encountered where you have palpated a mass in the abdomen.
Musculoskeletal
Define, Compare, and Contrast the following conditions:
Osteoarthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Submission Instructions:
Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in proper current APA 7 ED style with support from at least 3 academic sources WHICH MUST BE CITED AND EXACTLY REFERENCED IN APA 7 ED AND MUST BE BOOKS OR JOURNAL ARTICLES, BOTH PUBLISHED FROM 2017 UP TO NOW.
Discussion
,"What are the roles and responsibilities of the advanced practice nurse practitioner in prescribing?
Instructions: Response must be at least 510 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with at least two academic references
Discussion
Analyze the history, structure and process of healthcare policy and politics in nursing and the health care delivery systems in the United States.
Instructions: Response must be at least 510 words formatted and cited in current APA format with at least two academic references.
Nursing Discussion
The discussion assignment provides a forum for discussing relevant topics for this week on the basis of the course competencies covered. For this assignment, make sure you post your initial response to the Discussion Area by the due date assigned and complete your participation for this assignment by Day 7.
To support your work, use your course and text readings and also use resources from the University Online Library. As in all assignments, cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format. You may use this APA Citation Helper as a convenient reference for properly citing resources.
Begin reviewing and replying to peer postings/responses early in the week to enhance peer discussion. See the rubric for participation points. Participate in the discussion by asking a question, providing a statement of clarification, providing viewpoints with a rationale, challenging aspects of the discussion, or indicating relationships between two or more lines of reasoning in the discussion. Always use constructive language, even in criticism, to work toward the goal of positive progress.
TASK
Post your initial response to the topic below.
Telenursing and Telemedicine
Telenursing and telemedicine will only be successful if patients engage in the program. You have been asked by your manager to pilot a program aimed at improving transitions of care using the new telemedicine system recently implemented at your hospital.
What are some of the ways that you can encourage both patient and provider engagement to ensure the pilot program success?
What barriers or challenges would you anticipate?
